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At some point in the future Linux will support more windows applications than windows

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Honestly I have an easier time running old Windows games on Linux than on Windows.

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Hmm…I wonder if I can install the original Blade Runner on Wine, since the installer doesnt work on windows anymore due to being…16bit i think.

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Possibly. Diablo 1 for example gave me trouble on Windows 7 but works great on Wine.

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Try something like this: https://github.com/leecher1337/ntvdmx64

This lets me run some old 16 bit games on the latest Win 10x64.

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Same here which is great for me because I love older games lol

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It looks like people have run WINE under Cygwin, so barring Cygwin-introduced compatibility issues, Windows can use the same compatibility layer.

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💀

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I’ll use VirtualBox on Linux with W11 to run Cygwin run Wine to run old Dos games

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Doesn’t it already? At least when it comes to games

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